Inspirational Quotes by Julio Cortazar (Argentine-French Writer)

Julio Florencio Cortázar (1914–84) was an Argentine, nationalized-French novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet, critic, and translator. As one of the founders of the Latin American Boom literary movement of the 1960s, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe.

Born in Brussels, Belgium, Cortázar was the son of Argentine parents. He grew up in Argentina and was educated at the Mariano Acosta teacher training college in Buenos Aires. He taught in secondary schools 1935–45 in several small towns and Mendoza and he was a translator for publishers 1945–51. He then moved to Paris, where he lived until his death, writing, and freelancing for UNESCO. He became naturalized in 1981.

Cortázar is one of the most widely recognized Spanish-American writers outside the Spanish-speaking world, partly due to the filming in 1966 of his short story ‘Las babas del diablo’ (1958; in Blow-Up and Other Stories, 1968) as Blow-Up, by the Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni.

Cortázar is best known for his innovative and experimental writing style; it often blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction and challenges traditional narrative structures. In his works, he combined existential questioning with experimental writing techniques. His other works of fiction include Los premios (1960; The Winners, 1965,) his masterpiece Rayuela (1963; Hopscotch, 1966,) 62: Modelo Para Armar (1968; 62: A Model Kit, 1972,) Alguien que anda por ahí (1977; A Change of Light and Other Stories, 1980) and Queremos tanto a Glenda (1980; We Love Glenda So Much, 1983.)

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